Content Weapons are intentionally engineered messages or payloads (text, images, sounds or videos) using a digital delivery system aimed at a location or group of a given mindset, with the express purpose of a targeted action, impression, behavior or response. Not to be confused with "Computational propaganda" as Content Weapons are not limited to the political arena or social media technologies...

Our brains find unique approaches to organizing information. However, the “information overdose” era can be quite difficult to handle. What can we do to cope with the excess information? Categorization Categorization will help shift part of the work from the brain to the external environment. Imagine a box where we store everything that is needed for, say, baking. We don’t have to remember...

It is unlikely that there will be a person who would refuse a raise in salary. Often, however, we let chips fall where they may: wait until the boss offers the raise and feel underestimated if they don’t. If you are sure that you deserve more, you have to take matters into your own hands. Try one (or all) of the following techniques. Convince the bosses To wait until the boss himself proposes...

Even a great business model may not be enough to guarantee success of a new product. Innovations threaten the status quo, therefore they often cause fear and resistance from employees of the company and society as a whole. Beginner innovators leave this negative reaction unattended, putting the product and company at risk. However, you can overcome the fear of innovation by outreaching to...

According to David Cancel, CEO and Founder of In Drift, “it’s not the skills of the product leader, but his experience that is secondary.” Cancel believes that personal skills dominate among the important characteristics of the product leader: "We the quality, and people do not like it, because everything is very blurry." Let's talk these "blurry" characteristics. Desire to learn throughout the...

The "Blue oceans" are markets where there is no competition, but a new demand and opportunities for sustainable development and increasing profits. How to find a suitable approach to them? It is not easy for companies to achieve profitable growth in the face of tough competition. Why are some of them still able to achieve steady growth in both revenue and profit? The secret lies in the approach...

French businessman, president of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy group of companies, Bernard Arnault moved up to the second line of the world billionaires list, pushing Bill Gates, the founder of the American technology corporation Microsoft, down to the third place. As the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI) shows, Arnault has increased his net worth to $ 107.6 billion, and Gates has $ 200 million...

Ready-to-use, brilliantly realized product seems perfect. We only see the magnificent embodiment and we only look forward to a positive experience of use. What we do not see is how much work is invested in this masterpiece. And how many people and...

European politicians are considering nominating Chairman of the Central Bank of Great Britain (Bank of England) for the post of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bloomberg reported, citing its sources. Born in Canada, Mark Carney has UK and Irish passports. If he is appointed, the almost 70 years-old tradition will remain, according to which the IMF is managed by a...